Bouchard Bio
I support federal funding for
embryonic stem-cell research.
Unfortunately, President Bush
banned federal funding of
embryonic stem-cell research
on all but a small number of cell
lines developed before August
2001. The few stem-cell lines
eligible for federal funding are
mostly unsuitable for research.
Despite the president's veto of
a bill I cosponsored, I also sup-
port the repeal of Michigan's ban
on embryonic stem-cell research.
What can you do in the
U.S. Senate to help
Michigan's economy?
BOUCHARD To get results
and create jobs, my plan would
focus on enacting policies that
help our job creators compete
and expand in Michigan. The
U.S. will never be able to compete
in labor costs; but we can control
health care, energy and tort costs.
Passing medical malpractice
reform and creating association
health plans for small businesses,
establishing a comprehensive
U.S. energy policy that includes
alternative fuels and developing
domestic energy sources, and
providing tax relief and reducing
the regulatory burden will lower
overhead costs for Michigan
businesses so they can compete.
STABENOW [Sen. Stabenow
sent the IN a two-page "Jobs
Agenda" that includes issues she
has helped pass or is working
for: Stop outsourcing through tax
cuts and closing tax loopholes;
lower health costs through pub-
lic-private partnerships, create
efficiencies, increase competi-
tion to lower prescription costs;
stop unfair trade with a trade
prosecutor, enforce rules against
currency manipulation, halt
counterfeit auto parts and manu-
factured goods; create Michigan
jobs by fixing roads, repeal
federal prison industry monopo-
lies, spend U.S. dollars on job
creation; protect pension plans;
promote research and innovation
by funding manufacturing tech-
nology and research, adult job
training and dislocated worker
retraining.]
Do you have ties to the
Detroit Jewish com-
munity? Do you have
ties to the Detroit Arab
community? How do
you represent both?
BOUCHARD My heritage as
a Lebanese-American is a part
of who I am. However, I have
been active in cultural organiza-
tions throughout the community
because I believe that they are
one of the best ways for law
Libertarian Voice
Candidate wants
less government
intervention.
L
ibertarian Party
candidate Leonard
Schwartz wants you to
elect him to the U.S. Senate to
send a clear message that you
want government busy bodies
off your back.
"Libertarians aren't busy
bodies," the native Detroiter
said. "We don't want to spend
your money or manage your
life."
He added, "Government
busy bodies can compel disclo-
sure of your private informa-
tion. Government busy bodies
can impose taxes, fines and
imprisonment."
Schwartz, 61, lives in Oak
Park.
He charges that the cur-
rent government structure of
Democrats and Republicans
uses fees, fines and forfeitures
to raise revenue without call-
ing them taxes.
He also claims that if you
mistakenly violate regulations,
the government can impose
fines and forfeitures, cancel
licenses and even imprison
you. "Before elections, some
Democrats and Republicans
promise to reduce or simplify
regulations," he said. "After
elections, they ignore their
promises."
enforcement officers and public
officials to get involved in their
communities.
When people feel that their
elected representatives are a part
of their community, they are
more likely to come to us when
they notice suspicious activity.
STABENOW I have strong
personal relationships with many
families in the Jewish community
and frequently meet with Jewish
leaders from across Southeast
Michigan to discuss foreign
policy and domestic issues. I also
meet with leaders of the Arab
American community. I work
with everyone in Michigan to try
to come together to find com-
mon ground, and I work hard for
economic and social policies that
help all Michigan citizens. I have
found that I can work closely
with different communities, even
if I don't agree with them on
every issue.
What should the U.S. do
about immigration? And
what about border pro-
tection?
BOUCHARD Rewarding the
illegal behavior of people who
have entered our country ille-
gally by providing citizenship or
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Michael Bouchard was born in Flint on April 12, 1956. He
was raised in Oakland County and attended high school at
Birmingham Brother Rice. He and Pam, his wife of 17 years,
live in Birmingham with their daughter and two sons.
He is a member of the Oakland County Coordinating Council
Against Domestic Violence, former board member of HAVEN
shelter against domestic violence, advisory board member of
the Birmingham Community House and board member of the
Birmingham Bloomfield Cultural Council, the Michigan Youth
in Government Program and executive board of Clinton Valley
Council Boy Scouts.
He is a 1979 criminal justice graduate of Michigan State
University.
He was president of the Beverly Hills, Mich., village council
and was elected to the state House of Representatives in
1990. He served in the state Senate from 1991 to 1999 and
was majority leader in 1998-99.
In 1999, he was appointed sheriff of Oakland County. He was
elected to the position in 2000 and 2004.
His campaign Web site address is bouchard06.com .
Stabenow Bio
Born April 29,1950, Debbie Stabenow grew up in Clare, Mich.
She earned her bachelor's (1972) and master's (1975) degrees
at Michigan State University. Before running for public office
she worked in the public school system.
First elected to the Ingham County Board of Commissioners
in 1974, she became the youngest person and first woman to
chair the board (1977-78). She was elected to the Michigan
House of Representatives (1979-90) and was the first woman
to preside over the state House.
After four years in the state Senate (1991-94), she was
elected to Congress in 1996. She was re-elected in 1998 and
won her U.S. Senate seat in 2000.
Senator Stabenow's home is in Lansing where she lives with
her husband, Tom Athans. She has two grown children and a
stepdaughter. She is a lifelong United Methodist and member
of Grace United Methodist Church.
Her campaign Web site is stabenowforsenate.com .
Schwartz
suffer from the delusion
opposes racial
that appeasement will
preferences. He
bring peace to Israel. 1
contends that
have no delusions," he
the Michigan Civil
• said. "My immediate
Rights Initiative,
reaction to the Oslo
which would
Accords was that they
amend the state
would lead to more ter-
Constitution to
rorist attacks."
end racial and
When Likud won the
Leonard Sch wartz
gender prefer-
next election, he said,
ences in college
"I hoped that Prime
admissions and government
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
hiring and contracting, would
would renounce the Oslo
not end state and local racial
Accords. Instead, he gave the
preferences for employment.
Palestinian Authority control
"To support equal rights and
over even more land.
oppose racial preferences," he
"So the issue is not what the
said, "vote Libertarian."
U.S. government should do to
Schwartz regularly visits rel-
support Israel. It is whether
atives in Israel. On U.S. foreign
Israel will ever have a govern-
policy, he said: "Some people
ment that doesn't suffer from
suffer from the delusion that
delusions."
the United Nations will bring
peace to Israel. Some people
Leonard Schwartz is
a Detroit Public Schools
graduate who studied at
United Hebrew Schools.
He earned a B.A. in his-
tory and philosophy from
the University of Chicago,
a M.A. in economics from
Johns Hopkins University in
Baltimore and a J.D. from
Wayne State University Law
School in Detroit.
Before law school, he was
an economist with the gov-
ernment. After law school,
he became a professor of
law and economics at sev-
eral universities, including
Oakland University and
University of Michigan-
Dearborn.
Schwartz is now retired.
He is single.
His campaign Web site is
leonardschwartz.us.
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